Yay erin yay!!

Wish I could run errands now, I'm awake. Had a great Alexander Technique lesson, but the pain is back already. I really need to see if I can budget regular lessons for a while, see if I can crack this. Probably doesn't help my insomnia that I've been napping a lot the last few days. Blergh.

I keep on whining. Hmm. I am grateful to D for introducing me to the Alexander Technique and L. I'm grateful it's fig season. I'm grateful I get to go to the beach with my family soon.

Hugs to all Buffistas who need it and good vibes to anyone who doesn't want hugs.

At any single point in my life considering "every possible scenario" would not have yielded what actually ended up happening. Worrying or planning wouldn't have changed anything

From 3 days ago, this is me and my life, too, Laura.

I had a great birthday vacation, there were bison and elk and geysers, and now I really want to move to the West because I can breathe there. When I walked out of the airport in Virginia yesterday, I almost cried at the wall of hot and wet that smacked into me. The air in Montana is so clean! I could take a deep breath and not hear my lungs wheezing and clicking! I could walk up a hill without gasping! Amazing.

That's great, erin!

Zenkitty, the low humidity in MT was delightful! I found myself rambling around in 90F weather that, in NC, would have sent me scurrying toward he nearest AC source. I'm glad you had fun!

Wanting to click Love on Erin's post.

Do you have a dehumidifier, Zen? I haven't used them myself, but anything to help breathing comfortably is so very helpful. It sounds like a Montana birthday vacation was the best plan. You certainly deserved it after all the stress prior to vacation. Speaking of vaca, Zen... When we finally get on the road to Otter Lake this year (ugh, summer half over already), we were discussing taking a leisurely route including Skyline drive. This sounds like a route that may take us to your quadrant of the land. So maybe a mini F2F?

Sending out an extra dose of calm~ma to Teppy today. You are in my thoughts.

Yay, erin! That is wonderful news.

Sending out all the ~ma to Teppy today.

We left the living room AC on last night, so today doesn't feel quite so icky.

Heard back from the car mechanic -- definitely needs a new a/c compressor, at about $800. Awesome. Cheaper than a new car, though. And they can fix it today.

Still, I just feel like the universe is having a great time punching me in the face. I don't even want to know what's next.

Sorry about the ac Stephen. Hope things slow down.

I spent 3 hours on the phone with Comcast today. The modem probably isn't working. Its theirs and the earliest they can come out is Tuesday. May try buying my own.

I think I talked to four or five different departments before they finally decided it was the modem.

I am close to tears dealing with Bank of America. We are now in our third extension of the refinance process we started in FEBRUARY, and the whole loan is hung up on some bullshit letter from the HOA attorney about litigation pending (which, for the record, is the HOA suing someone else, so I can't see how it's remotely relevant). Between various appraisals, assessments, and insurance adjustments, we are out over $800, and yet if this attorney doesn't send this letter today, the loan is dead and we've spent five months of stress and heartache and all that money for nothing.

We don't own our own house; this is a little condo in Florida that I co-own with my dad. It's completely paid off, and the loan we are trying to get is for half the value of the property. It's epic levels of ridiculous, and I'm so frustrated about it. The only reason we are refinancing is to consolidate debt, yet at the end it may end up costing us even more without any payoff.

I know this may not sound like a huge stressor, but it's pretty awful.

Pix, money is always a huge stressor. I'm sorry you're still dealing with this.